The Crown still owns royal fish (whales and sturgeons caught within territorial waters) and swans, and has rights to treasure (what used to be called treasure trove). This site on law for sixth forms, defining theft, summarizes it.

A bizarre report on the declining numbers of swans puts it down to their being caught and barbecued by asylum seekers. I suspect this is an exaggerated claim, projected from the two men caught in the act. The (London) Evening Standard reports. Via Ben Hammersley.

Of course, swans are counted every July, at least on the Thames, in the swan upping procedure. Are their numbers really so reduced? Continue reading →

Sua sponte reports that there is a California Manual of Style, but actually in a law firm everything is done by macros.

bq. And a good thing, too: the format is just different enough from ALWD to be pesky, gnatlike. Where you’d expect
People v. Price, 4 Cal.App.3d 941 (1970)
doin’ it California Style yields
People v. Price (1970), 4 Cal.App.3d 941 Continue reading →

Sua sponte reports that there is a California Manual of Style, but actually in a law firm everything is done by macros.

bq. And a good thing, too: the format is just different enough from ALWD to be pesky, gnatlike. Where you’d expect
People v. Price, 4 Cal.App.3d 941 (1970)
doin’ it California Style yields
People v. Price (1970), 4 Cal.App.3d 941 Continue reading →

Isabella Massardo, mentioned earlier, has started a new blog on an Italian blog site.

Through this, Translation Notes by Julio Juncal:

bq. Translation resources, news, ideas, and tools. Particularly, on translation from English and French into Spanish or vice versa.

Isabella Massardo, mentioned earlier, has started a new blog on an Italian blog site.

Through this, Translation Notes by Julio Juncal:

bq. Translation resources, news, ideas, and tools. Particularly, on translation from English and French into Spanish or vice versa.

This picture of the Magic Roundabout sign (Bennets End Counterflow Roundabout) was taken from the SwindonWeb site, where there is also a good aerial photo.

In Britain there are huge counterflow roundabout systems, like the Bennets End one. You have four or five mini-roundabouts embedded in a big roundabout. I wish some of the ‘German’ drivers I encounter on my drives could be sent to one of them. Continue reading →